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Ctenocardia planicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
381484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381484)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium planicostatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., I. (1833). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection made by mr. Cuming on the western Coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1: 82–85 [8 September 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859522
page(s): 83-84 [details]
page(s): 83-84 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ctenocardia planicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381484 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cardium planicostatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., I. (1833). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection made by mr. Cuming on the western Coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1: 82–85 [8 September 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859522
page(s): 83-84 [details]
basis of record ter Poorten, J. J. (2005). Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). <em>VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS).</em> , available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 83-84 [details]
basis of record ter Poorten, J. J. (2005). Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). <em>VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS).</em> , available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length L 45-55 mm [details]
